how long can you keep tap water

jas72 · 16 Apr 2007 at 14:06

I have a filter for my water and fill it up once per week for my coffee machine.

How long can you keep tap water after it's poured? I ask as I notice my bottled water has a sell by date. Does something happen to water once it's out the tap?

Dunks · 16 Apr 2007 at 14:08

jas72 said:
I have a filter for my water and fill it up once per week for my coffee machine.

How long can you keep tap water after it's poured? I ask as I notice my bottled water has a sell by date. Does something happen to water once it's out the tap?

You only have a couple of hours until it can kill you.

SiriusB · 16 Apr 2007 at 14:08

Yeah, it goes funny.

Hxc · 16 Apr 2007 at 14:13

DunK1 said:
You only have a couple of hours until it can kill you.

Yeah be careful, I have a friend who almost died from drinking 3 hour old tap water.

jcb33 · 16 Apr 2007 at 14:15

Well it goes musty over time, eventualy it will go stagnant and evaporate, but we are talking over a long time here... I would suggest you change your water at least once a day to be honest, as thats what we do with our filter, kettle and etc

touch · 16 Apr 2007 at 14:16

Its also highly illegal and the water police can issue anything up to a £100,000 (depending on quantity and length of time) fine for water kept longer than 3 hours.

jcb33 · 16 Apr 2007 at 14:17

touch said:
Its also highly illegal and the water police can issue anything up to a £100,000 (depending on quantity and length of time) fine for water kept longer than 3 hours.

Vulcan · 16 Apr 2007 at 14:17

Our tap water goes nasty after just ~5 hours.

Have to use one of those purifiers and it lasts much longer.

ninja economist · 16 Apr 2007 at 14:17

I bet when you made this thread you didn't reckon it would produce this many hilarious responses?

Dunks · 16 Apr 2007 at 14:17

jcb33 said:

Why the rolleyes? Water left for a few hours is no laughing matter. :mad:

jcb33 · 16 Apr 2007 at 14:18

DunK1 said:
Why the rolleyes? Water left for a few hours is no laughing matter.

Then someone call the sherrif, cuz I left a glass of water by accident for 2 days......

Dunks · 16 Apr 2007 at 14:19

jcb33 said:
Then someone call the sherrif, cuz I left a glass of water by accident for 2 days......

Accident? Thats what they all say. Don't worry, the water police have been called.

jcb33 · 16 Apr 2007 at 14:20

DunK1 said:
Accident? Thats what they all say. Don't worry, the water police have been called.

Oh noes, im terified *Shakes In Boots* I have a water gun, and im not afraid to use it!

PinkFloyd · 16 Apr 2007 at 14:26

jcb33 said:
Oh noes, im terified *Shakes In Boots* I have a water gun, and im not afraid to use it!

I hope the water hasn't been in their too long :eek:

Jono · 16 Apr 2007 at 14:26

jcb33 said:
Oh noes, im terified *Shakes In Boots* I have a water gun, and im not afraid to use it!

I would be if the water's been in it longer than 3 hours! :eek:

trojan698 · 16 Apr 2007 at 14:26

I once got a glass of tap water and covered it in cling film so it wouldn't get all dusty then kept it for 2 years and recently drank it. Guess what? It tasted like water.

jcb33 · 16 Apr 2007 at 14:28

trojan698 said:
I once got a glass of tap water and covered it in cling film so it wouldn't get all dusty then kept it for 2 years and recently drank it. Guess what? It tasted like water.

Im sorry sir.... You have 3 hours to live

MookJong · 16 Apr 2007 at 14:28

I remember finding a lemonade bottle in the garage full of water with a little plastic diver man inside it that would swim (float) to the top of the bottle when you turned it over. I think it must have been sealed for about 5 years.

I'll never forget the smell when I opened that bottle....stink bomb strength rotten eggs ughhhh.

PinkFloyd · 16 Apr 2007 at 14:31

trojan698 said:
I once got a glass of tap water and covered it in cling film so it wouldn't get all dusty then kept it for 2 years and recently drank it. Guess what? It tasted like water.

Sorry to hear that

Manlove is my forte · 16 Apr 2007 at 14:32

I've had a bottle of tap water near my bed for several months now. I have wondered about its safety to consume. 2 nights ago I was so thirsty that I couldn't care less about the toxicity of the water, I downed the lot. Since then I have been brilliant, colours and sounds have been more vivid, I can hear people that I cant even see, simple things like watching a lava lamp have become engrossing, i have literally lost hours to it. I get the odd hunger attacks from time to time and crave haribo.